Where does “outskirt” come from?

outskirt (English) comes from English out-, from Romanian -uț, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

outskirt (English): A more remote part of a town or city; the...

Definitions

  1. A more remote part of a town or city; the...

Ancestry of “outskirt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishout-External to, on the outside of; Toward the...
2Romanian-uțForms masculine diminutives of nouns and...
3Latin-utus—
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Romanian -uț →